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Finding the best Android games just got easier. With the TegraZone app for your NVIDIA® Tegra™-powered device, you can easily find games that are optimized to exploit the full potential of the Tegra 2, Tegra 3, and Tegra 4 mobile processor. TegraZone supports game controller navigation on devices such as NVIDIA SHIELD and Mad Catz MOJO.
Version 2.9 now also supports non-Tegra devices so those users can explore and discover the great games that NVIDIA and our partners think are best enjoyed on Tegra devices.
Discover unique, premium games for Android that deliver more visually-stunning graphics and smoother gameplay, so you can get the most out of your Tegra-powered mobile device.
TegraZone supports all Tegra-powered devices such as the NVIDIA SHIELD, tablets including the Nexus 7, Asus Transformer Prime TF201, Transformer Infinity TF700, Transformer Pad TF300, Acer A500, A510, A100, Toshiba AT300; and phones including the HTC One X, Motorola Droid X2, Electrify, Photon 4G, Atrix, and Samsung Captivate Glide.
Customize: You decide if you'd like to find out the moment something new is added to TegraZone or not by turning notification pop-ups on or off from the settings menu.
Discover: Get all of the top games for Android at your fingertips. Find Android games to download quickly and easily.
Learn: Access professional game reviews, high-res screenshots, HD videos, and behind-the-scenes footage for the top Android games.
Share: Connect TegraZone to your social networks and let your friends know about your favorite new apps.
The TegraZone app is a curated, editorial-driven merchandising front-end designed to enhance the shopping and discovery experience of differentiated games sold in Android Market. When a user decides on a game to purchase within the app, he/she clicks "Get It Now." This action links the user to the Android product page for that game where he/she finalizes the purchase and downloads the game. The complete sales transaction, game download, and game support happen within the Android Market through Google and the game developer.
TegraZone is not intended to replace the purchase, download, or functionality of Google Play, but rather to compliment it by providing a selection of premium games that developers believe will offer an exceptional experience for users of Tegra-powered phones and tablets.
If you are looking for the best games for your Tegra-powered device, then TegraZone is a must-have Android app for you.
Please note that some games featured on TegraZone run exclusively on devices with an NVIDIA Tegra Processor. Google Play will notify you of any incompatibilities.
By installing the TegraZone application, you are confirming that you have read and agree to be bound by the License For Customer Use of NVIDIA Software (http://www.nvidia.com/content/DriverDownload-March2009/licence.php?lang=us ).
Notification pop-ups are enabled by default and may be disabled in the settings menu.
Permissions: Posting game comments within Tegra Zone requires storage of email address.
The free OnLive app allows you to instantly play hit games such as Batman®: Arkham Origins, The LEGO® Movie Videogame, and Saints Row IV™ on your Android device via OnLive's powerful cloud technology. Play the full game, spectate others playing live, and share video clips from almost anywhere. Get unlimited instant cloud gameplay to over 250 games and some of your previously downloaded games with the simplicity of streaming video, and a 4G or Wi-Fi connection. With OnLive, gamers can play anywhere, any time, and across multiple devices, without the requirement of a high-end computer or console. Learn more at games.onlive.com.
• Play the newest PC and console-quality games on your tablet or phone
• Free to join and free access to game demos
• Play 250+ games in the cloud, no download required
• Get cloud access to the newest hit games
• Capture Brag Clip™ videos of your latest achievements
• Spectate and cheer your friends
This OnLive app requires:
• The Universal OnLive Wireless Controller (available at games.onlive.com/accessories) or any USB XInput Controller*
• At least Android 3.2 Honeycomb
* May require a USB Adapter
No big downloads, no limits on performance. With OnLive, gamers have instant access to console-class games, running on OnLive's powerful servers in the cloud, and streaming video to your tablet or phone. You can start playing a high-end game within seconds of signing on. Sign up for a free account and you can instantly try 30 minute free demos of many games.
Play OnLive games anywhere, anytime via Wi-Fi or a 4G connection on almost any OnLive-compatible device, whether tablet, phone, TV or computer. Your games, saves and user profile are always stored in the cloud so you start a game on one device, and continue where you left off on another---even multiplayer gameplay is cross-platform. Build your library without taking up any space on your Android device.
Watch live games being played worldwide, find your friends and set up multiplayer matches, or capture your greatest gameplay moments with Brag Clip™ videos. You don't have to worry about updates, patches, and everything that keeps you from playing a game. Just play games, stay connected, and have fun with friends. Instantly.
Get the Universal OnLive Wireless Controller at games.onlive.com/accessories or connect a wired controller to your Android device for a full console experience! It's almost like playing on a console, but better . . . because you can play wherever you want!
OnLive is the originator of cloud gaming, innovating the delivery of real-time interactive experiences and rich media over the Internet. With ground-breaking video compression technology, OnLive harnesses cloud computing to instantly deliver twitch-response, full-featured, media-rich applications anytime and anywhere, across a range of devices. The OnLive Game Service with its CloudLift (patent pending) and PlayPack subscriptions gives gamers the freedom and convenience to play their games on PCs, Macs, tablets, smartphones and HDTVs via the OnLive Game System, VIZIO Co-Star™ and the G3 Series of LG Google TVs. OnLive Go brings the benefits of cloud gaming to MMOs, virtual worlds and other graphics-rich interactive applications. Having pioneered powerful solutions for fast-twitch AAA games, the most technologically challenging segment of cloud computing, OnLive has hundreds of patents and patents pending that cover its innovations. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California. More information is available at www.onlive.com and www.onlive.co.uk.
ASUS AiPlayer
1. Scans your home network automatically via Wi-Fi to detect devices
2. Lists all stream-able media on your mobile devices and any other networked devices
3. Live media player control
4. Keeps track of recently-played media history
5. Saves favorite media libraries for easy access
6. Multi-room audio broadcast supported, allowing music streaming to multiple RP-N53s (beta)
- Find out more about Enhanced Media ASUS routers: http://www.asus.com/Networking/
- ASUS RP-N53 is the first range extender for Enhanced Media ASUS routers, with more models coming soon
ASUS@vibe+ (PAD version)
★ Browse, install, and enjoy: ASUS@vibe+ helps you discover great content for your ASUS tablet. Browse through a series of dashboards, and when you find something that you like, simply install the app associated with the content.
★ Personalize your browsing experience: Choose which dashboards you see in ASUS@vibe+. For example, if you want to regularly browse the "Arts & Entertainment" subcategory of ebooks, add it in as a browsable dashboard through the "Edit Content Source" page.
★ Special offers: Stay on top of deals available through ASUS@vibe+. When available, an app will display an offer in its dashboard. See that number in the bottom-left corner? ASUS@vibe+ helps keep you in-the-loop by providing notifications of these deals. Finally, subscribe to our e-newsletter and be among the first to be notified of these offers by email.
Subscribe to our e-newsletter: http://vibe-tw.asus.com/portal_white/register.php
Connect with us: email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
ASUS Artist
Main features:
- Provides painting boards of different colors.
- Provides three card templates that allow you to easily create high quality photo cards.
- Allows you to select a photo as a canvas and draw on the photo directly.
- Provides various resizable painting tools including colored pencil, watercolor pencil, crayon, marker, and airbrush, which allows you to draw easily and freely.
- Brings a rich colorful painting experience with its palette of 12 basic colors and user-defined palette for additional colors.
- Allows you to add text, photos, and stickers to your paintings. The text color and size can be changed.
- All your paintings are saved in MyWorks, which allows you to easily find a saved painting.
*Note: If you experience any non APP related issues on your ASUS device, please contact ASUS technical support team at http://vip.asus.com/VIP2/Services/TechQuery
Take your PlayStation® experience with you on your mobile device with the new PlayStation®App! Always be ready to game with features that keep you connected to your gaming friends and the games you love to play. Push games from PlayStation®Store to your PS4™ system and be ready to game at home.
With the PlayStation®App installed on your mobile device, you can:
· See what your friends are playing, compare trophies, and view your profile or recent activity.
· Chat with your friends; receive notifications, game alerts, and invitations, and then use your mobile device as an on-screen keyboard for your PS4™ system.
· Browse PlayStation®Store, pick-up the latest hit games and add-ons, and then push them to your PS4™ system so they are ready when you get home.
· Take advantage of the in-app second-screen features, when available, for greater challenges and control.
· Quickly access PlayStation® system guides, manuals, and PlayStation.Blog.
A Sony Entertainment Network account and PS4™ system are required to use all of this application's features.
If you have trouble signing in to PSN℠, try downloading the Google Chrome™ browser and signing in with it through PlayStation®App.
TVCenter for Android
You can watch, record and play live TV, without using up your data plan. TVCenter for Android also included an electronic program guide (EPG) – never miss your favourite show!
Just plug the PCTV AndroiDTV dongle to your Android device, install the software and watch live TV wherever you want.
Important notes
• Please ensure that you are using AndroiDTV (78e) from PCTV Systems to enjoy live TV with this App. DVB-T devices from other vendors are not supported
• AndroiDTV supports MPEG-2 video in SD and HD resolution as well as MPEG-4/H.264 in standard resolution. High definition MPEG-4/H.264 is currently not supported. TVCenter for PC supports it though.
System requirements
• PCTV Systems AndroiDTV (78e)
• DVB-T Reception
• Device requirements
• Android 4.0.3 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") or later
• minimum 1 Ghz dual-core-processor, Neon support (for example NVIDIA Tegra 3)
• USB OTG support
• please check your device manual
• known working Android devices:
Acer ICONIA TAB A510
Asus EeePad2 (TF201)
Asus Fonepad
Asus MEMO Pad
Asus Memo Pad smart 10" me301
Asus New Nexus 7
Asus Nexus 7
Asus Nexus 10
Asus PadPhone Infinity
HTC Butterfly
HTC New One
HTC One X
HTC One X Plus
Kruger&Matz Tablet 7" model KM0793
Mi 2S Z
Modecom FreeTAB 9701 HD
Plug Impact 2
RockChip RK3066 device
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Samsung Galaxy Note
Samsung Galaxy Note 2
Samsung Galaxy Note 3
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (Adaptor cable for micro USB necessary)
Samsung Galaxy S2
Samsung Galaxy S3
Samsung Galaxy S4
Samsung Galaxy TAB 2 (Adaptor cable for micro USB necessary)
Sony ARC S (LT18i)
Sony Xperia VC
Sony Xperia Z
Sony Xperia ZL
Sony Xperia Z Ultra
Find My Phone
Find My Phone locates lost phones and Droids.
Do you constantly misplace your phone? If so, then Find My Phone is the app for you! Find My Phone can also locate your spouse's phone and/or your children's phones, cell phones and Droids. Find My Phone is easy to install and also contains bonus features that let you do a reverse phone look up, trace mobile numbers or look up phone numbers of mobile devices.
Lost Phone?
A lost phone is worrisome. Whether you or a family member has lost your cell phone, the important thing is to find it fast. Find My Phone provides navigation assistance to make lost phone retrieval easy.
Stolen Phone?
Find My Phone makes it easy for you to track and locate a stolen phone. This phone tracker app includes a navigational feature and as long as the location app is running, can help locate a stolen phone quickly and easily.
Lost Droid?
Find My Phone can track a lost Droid. Simply use a family member's phone and locate the missing Droid. As long as the location app is running, Find My Phone can provide a highly accurate location and navigation assistance to your missing mobile device.
Phone Tracker
A great feature of the Find My Phone app is its ability to help you track and locate a missing, lost or stolen cell phone. The app uses secure data from cell phone companies to track and display the phone location on the Find My Phone map. Note: For this feature to function, the Find My Phone app needs to be installed on both your phone and the phone of the person you want to track or locate.
Track & Locate Cell Phones
Find My Phone uses state-of-the-art GPS technology to accurately locate phones. Note: For this feature to function, the Find My Phone app needs to be installed on both your phone and the phone of the person you want to track or locate, so add the Find My Phone app to all your family members' cell phone and Droids.
Bonus Features: Phone Lookup, Trace Mobile Number and Reverse Phone Lookup:
Curious about the whereabouts of the person who called your cell phone (e.g., your teenager)? Want to trace the mobile number of an incoming call and/or complete a reverse phone lookup? Find My Phone can help. Note: For this feature to function, the Find My Phone app needs to be installed on both your phone and the phone of the person you want to track or locate, so make sure to add Find My Phone to all your family members' cell phone and Droids.
Find My Phone Installation:
1.) Install the Find My Phone app on your phone.
2.) Create an account
3.) Provide the cell number for the person's phone you'd like to track
4.) We'll send a text message to the number, asking for approval (this is required by the cell phone carriers for security
5.) As soon as the person receives the text invite and replies yes, you can locate their phone any time you want with the push of a button.
How Does Find My Phone Locate Phones:
You may have heard of "triangulation" on TV shows such as CSI or Law & Order. This is how Find My Phone works in real life, too! Cell phone companies have the location of a cell phone, as they know its distance from a cell phone tower. Find My Phone secures this data from the cell phone companies and displays it to you on our map.
What if I Don't Have a Smartphone? Can Find My Phone Help Find My Phone?
If you, your family members or friend(s) aren't using a smartphone, Find My Phone only provides three (3) locations for free. Afterwards you can upgrade to a $4.99/month premium plan to locate any cell phone an unlimited number of times. Find My Phone charges this fee because we must pay the cell phone companies each time we locate a phone.
FPse for android
More than 200.000 active users and rated up to 4,5 stars on google play!
FPse is able to render PSone games in high resolution by using OpenGL which gives outstanding graphics!
Take a look to the Official Documentation to understand requirements and how it works:
Create an ISO image from your favorite games and enjoy playing them on your Android phone.
FPse features the following:
-Impressive UI which scan and draw covers games automatically!
-High performance
-High compatibility
-High sound quality
-Real-time save states
-Audio track emulation (using .cue files)
-Dynamically loadable Overlay Pads
-Guncon emulation
-Analog Stick emulation
-Compatible with G-Sensor, Touchscreen and Hardware keys
-Supports .img, .iso, .bin, .cue, .nrg , .mdf and .Z disc image formats
-Full Support for IcontrolPAD, BGP100,Zeemote (via Bluez IME)
- Full native support for Xbox 360 pads, PS3 Sixasis pads and MOGA controllers!!
-OpenGL support via external plugin!
-Experimental LAN multi Players mode using two Android devices! Play with two players mode with games that wasn't made for that! IE: Tekken3!
-Exclusive automatic cheats search engine.
And much more impressive features!
From the new UI you can load and share covers and even compress games...
Searching for tutorial? take a look here:
Please visit Forum if you have any question.
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Top Games Free Market
Top Games app will become a right hand for you in choosing the games. Finally, the App that collects the best Android games in one place has appeared!
Games Categories:
- Arcade & Action Games
- Brain & Puzzle Games
- Cards & Casino Games
- Casual Games
- Racing Games
- Sports Games
- Baby Games
Why download Latest Top Games App?
- We want to give you all games at one place so we had created Latest Top Games App.
- Help users save their valuable time.
- Help users to Explore all the New & Latest Games at one place.
- Help users get the New Games quickly & stay updated.
About updates ?
New Games are added at the end of month.
My Voice Changer
Change,modify,alter your voice with an array of different effects (female, child, male, tunnel) that can be combined together.
This voice changer is the tool you are looking for.
Once you're satisfied, you can save your altered voice, e-mail it to your friends, and even set it as a ringtone.
★★★★★ This voice changer is the reference on Android !
Record your voice and combine lots of effects to alter it, then play it back for your friends.
The effects include:
★ Helium: Sound like a baby or monkey!
★ Tremolo: For a quavering voice
★ Flanger: A pretty cool effect
★ Echo
★ Reverb: Hear your voice echo through the mountains!
★ Distort: Crush your words under a wave of fuzz
★ Play backwards: One of the most fun effects there available
★Change speed: Make your voice sound male or female
Create lots of different voices: male, female, baby, monster, stuck in a tube!
And the best thing is that you can combine ALL of them together. This voice changer lets you create all sorts of combinations to impress your friends.
You can play back your creation from a saved file, send them by email or even set them as your ringtone.
What will you look like when you're old? And what about your friends? Find out with AgingBooth, an easy to use and amazing face aging machine on your Android device. AgingBooth is a funny (or scary!) way to instantly age face photos. Use AgingBooth on family, friends or colleagues photos and share them via email, MMS, FaceBook, Twitter.
Ready to face your future?
• Works with photos taken with your Android device camera or from your photo gallery
• Auto-cropping using face detection
• Transformation process is instant with no internet connection needed
• Shake device to see before and after views
• Scroll results into the app gallery
• Save results to your photo gallery
• Share with your friends via email, FaceBook or Twitter
• AgingBooth is a funny application made for entertainment purposes only and does not guarantee resemblance to the real aging process.
• AgingBooth works best with people between the ages of 15 and 60.
AgingBooth for Android is optimised for Android platform v2.1 or later. In order to help improve this version, should you have any trouble using it, please feel free to send your feedback at firstname.lastname@example.com.
© PiVi & Co 2010-2013
Also by PiVi & Co :
- BimboBooth, the app that turns you into a bimbo :
- BoothStache, the mustache growing machine:
- UglyBooth, the app that makes you feel pretty:
- MixBooth, the face mixing machine:
- FatBooth, the app that makes you fat:
- BaldBooth, the app that makes you bald :
More information on AgingBooth, FatBooth, BaldBooth, MixBooth, UglyBooth and BoothStache on www.piviandco.com
Photo Sketch Cartoon Portrait
Key Features:
1. 7 different sketch effect Filters: Normal Pencil Sketch, Memory Style Sketch, Blue Art Style FX, Old Movie Whiten, Brightness Editor, Face Frame Guru & Smooth Booth
2. 7 different toon effects HD: 3D Gorden Sculpt, Blur Painting, Color Drawing, Sharpen Filter, Black & White Foto, Reverse Color, Sticker Images.
3. Easy-to-Use interface.
4. Classic Pro/Lite/Full/Free Edition App For Android, Kindle Fire HD, Pad/Tablet, Mobile Phone
5. Load Pics From Camera or Albums
The Photo Sketch effect can be applied to any image.
Air horn
With this application you can play several different sounds including:
- Air horn
- Horn of brown
- Cucaracha
- Vuvuzela
- Police siren
- Fire brigade
- Ambulance
- Nuclear Alarm
- And much more !
☆ Available features :
- Save the sounds as ringtone, alarm or notification sound
- Surprise your friends with loud sounds
- Many different sounds
- High quality sounds
- User friendly actions
- Nice looking
- Lightweighted size app
☆ Coming soon:
- Record your own sounds
- Record video
- More sounds
Enjoy !
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If you like this application,
you can click on the +1 button above
and give us a 5 stars rating ;)
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☆ About permissions :
- INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE : used for the ads
- WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE : used to install the app on the SD Card
- BILLING : used if you want to remove ads
No personnal information will never be stolen from you in our apps.
Google Play Games
- Discover great games
- Play with your friends, and see what they're playing
- Join multiplayer games
- Track your achievements
- Compare scores with other players
Transformers Soundboard
★ This app is a best collection of audio clips of your favorite movie Transformers Series.
★ Listen to the most popular audios & share it with friends.
Also you can make your favorite transformer theme as your device ringtone.
★ Transformers Soundboard contains popular audio dialogues of Autobot Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron & Ironhide from movie,
* Transformers (2007)
* Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
*Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Just press and hold the List to explore more features like Share , Set as Ringtone.
Please click on the ads to help us earning so we can continue the development and provide you the free apps!
Disclaimer: This App. and the App. developers are not associated with the content contained in this application and/or the respected owners and/or the licensors. Trademarks, property and copyrights belong to their respective owners.
Face Changer
CNET: "If you are searching for a great time killer and funny photo app, this one is for you. This app promises many laughs as you twist and edit your friends' faces."
Main Features:
Replace face parts Funny eyes, noses, make them bald.
Smudge and warp Make faces thin or fat, make ears pointy, make them smile.
Packed with features Add text or draw on top of the photo, Share with friends.
Simple to use, easy to learn and share.
More from developer
Glowball: Tegra 3 Only
Glowball: Tegra 3 Only is an interactive demo created to showcase the power of the NVIDIA Tegra 3 chip. Tegra 3 runs effortlessly at top speed; efficiently delivering the power needed for nuanced and complex 3D graphics. The Glowball: Tegra 3 Only environment is rich in geometric complexity, texture detail, and graphic effects and could not have been built with previous generation hardware. All four cores are kept busy with PhysX® collisions, multiple cloth simulations, particle effects, and dynamic scene lighting. Step right up, folks.
This version currently includes the Carnival Level and will be updated soon to include an additional Sea Floor Level. In each case, tilt the tablet to maneuver the ball around the different environment. Be careful where you go and what you hit as some things will undoubtedly hit back. For the Carnival level you'll need to trigger the jack-in-the-boxes in proper sequence, without any missteps, and the maniacal clown will give you an escape route. For the Sea Floor level, simply collect four keys, available from the treasure chests located around the maze, and you'll be able to leave through the sunken pirate ship. Use the minimap to help find your way around the maze.
• Designed specifically for devices using NVIDIA® Tegra 3™, quad-core mobile superchip
• Carnival level includes nine concurrent cloth simulations running in real-time
• Sea Floor level includes 300 simulated kelp plants, 1400 other moving plants, and 2 million triangles of scene geometry
• Interaction of scene objects using NVIDIA PhysX®
• Dynamic scene lighting that can be changed by tapping on the ball
• Particle, reflection, and skinned animation effects
• Caustic lighting, fog, and schooling fish in Sea Floor level
• Custom vertex and pixel shaders make for shiny fish and a wavy sea
• Splitscreen mode allows you to turn visual effects on/off and compare the results
Skyrim Live Wallpaper
Skyrim reimagines the open-world fantasy epic, pushing the gameplay and technology of a virtual world to new heights. Explore this amazing landscape with GeForce GTX and bring rugged mountains, bustling cities, ancient dungeons, and deadly dragons to life like never before. Experience everything. Sacrifice nothing. Gear up with GeForce GTX.
Hawken Live Wallpaper
Are you excited to rampage in a 20 ton mech in Hawken? NVIDIA and Adhesive have teamed up to bring you an amazing Hawken experience using PhysX Particle and APEX Turbulence effects. In anticipation of playing the game themselves, NVIDIA designers developed this live wallpaper and made it available for Tegra users.
HAWKEN is a free-to-play, online, multiplayer, mech-based first-person shooter that puts you in the pilot seat of a giant robotic war machine. Customize and upgrade your mechs the way you want, then join your friends on the battlefield to rain destruction across HAWKEN's beautiful and immersive alien landscapes. Best of all, Hawken is free to play!
Experience everything. Sacrifice nothing. Gear up with GeForce GTX.
GRID Beta
The GRID beta app is available with SHIELD Software Update 65, or for download from the Google Play store. The app will run a network test when you launch it and may issue warning messages or prevent play if it finds any problems with your network connection to the GRID servers.
GTC Mobile
GPU Technology Conference (GTC) advances global awareness of GPU computing, computer graphics, game development, mobile computing and cloud computing. Through world-class education, including hundreds of hours of technical sessions, tutorials, panel discussions and moderated roundtables, GTC brings together thought leaders from a wide range of fields.
GTC 2014 runs March 24-27 and is located at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, California.
Visit http://www.gputechconf.com/ for more information about GTC 2014.
For best results, we recommend you uninstall any previous versions of GTC Mobile before installing version 3.0.
Tegra4+ Game Controller Test
Please do not download this.


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Don't miss our 7th annual American Craft Beer Fest featuring 640+ beers from 140+ brewers this May 30 & 31 in Boston, MA! Buy your tickets now!
BeerAdvocate on your phone?! True story. Try the beta now.
Right Brain Brewery
Beer Stats:
Active Beers: 87
Beer Ratings: 907
Beer Avg: 3.72
Taps: 15 / Bottles: -
Cask: Y / Beer-to-Go: Y
Ratings: 74 | Reviews: 45 | Show All Ratings:
4.73/5 rDev +19.7%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.75 | service: 5 | selection: 4.75 | $$
I come to Traverse City a couple times a year and always make it a priority to come to Right Brain. Their beer ranges from traditional/textbook recipes to crazy and out of the box. I wish I could get their beer on tap in Indiana.
The bar is off the beaten path and is a few blocks out of town. However, when I go on a bar crawl, it's only about 8 blocks from Ferment. So it can be a nice little walk between the two. Inside it is wide open and spacious. Even though it can be packed, it's not hard to find a place to sit and have a nice conversation. They also have a few video game machines that you can play while you drink. Depending on what time of year it is, they often have artwork from local artists for sale on the walls.
If you're into beer, this is definitely a must if you're in Traverse City.
02-26-2014 14:32:10 | More by Anitrak
3.83/5 rDev -3%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 3.75 | service: 4 | selection: 4 | food: 3.5 | $$
My wife and I stopped here as part of a pub crawl in northern Michigan and the UP to visit the newer brewpubs (plus several others) that have opened since our last trip 'up north'. This place happens to be one of the 'several others'. Although this is the first time I've reviewed this brewery, we've been here one other time after the move from their downtown location (we've been there a couple times too), and the only things that have changed since our last visit a year or so ago are that they now bottle/can some of their beers, plus they have a small selection of deli sandwiches that use small fresh-made waffles instead of bread.
This brewpub does not seem to get as much hype for their beers as they did at their former location, and there seems to be some lessening of the quality and selection from before that justifies that lack of hype. The brewery was not busy on a weekday evening so we were able to sit at the bar. We chose 4 different 6 oz. pours (21 beers were available) to drink while we ate our sandwiches. The beers were all good, however, none were very exciting, so we graded them in a range of B- to a C.
The waffle sandwiches were very original and very good. They are small, but that was okay because we already had a small meal at the last place we visited.
All in all, this place is still very worthy of a visit. Perhaps we chose the wrong 4 beers with which to evaluate the brews here, but this pub is worthy of a visit by anyone who likes craft beer, and we'll go back again someday.
10-29-2013 16:38:31 | More by Mothergoose03
4.16/5 rDev +5.3%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4.25 | selection: 4.25 | $$
Right Brain's newish location is in warehouse down in SoFo. When I walked in the door the first thing that struck me was the sheer size of this place. I patronize a couple music venues in Chicago that are smaller than this place. Tables were sparsely spread and the bar seated about 15. There was a solid number of drafts up on the dry erase boards; 6 regular offerings, 5 middle tier beers, and 5 top tier offerings. I sampled a couple pints that were good and then hit the generous sampler to try most of the others.
All beer was good to excellent with some interesting combinations thrown in the mix. A couple harvest ales were on tap, a double IPA, two saisons (one with beets), and a handful of other unique offerings. The bartenders were a little stand offish at first but when they got talking they were super friendly and informative, chatting about everything from Traverse favorites to music to beer. In the end I couldn't have been happier with the stop at Right Brain. The service was great, the beer excellent, and the prices in line with any other brewpub. Without a doubt this place is worth a stop when i Traverse.
10-22-2013 17:33:44 | More by joe1510
2.66/5 rDev -32.7%
vibe: 3 | quality: 3 | service: 1 | selection: 3.75 | $$
Don't know could not get a server to wait on me. Three people behind bar, one other table, no service. Left thirsty and disappointed. I hear it is fantastic Beer, if you have plenty of time, and patience, give it a try. But there are plenty of other excellent microbreweries in TC with better service..
08-30-2013 02:04:47 | More by JimT
4.35/5 rDev +10.1%
vibe: 3.5 | quality: 4.5 | service: 5 | selection: 4 | food: 4 | $$
Right Brain is an eclectic place. There's no other way to put it.
2 story ceilings, cinder block walls, a salon to drink beers and get hairs cut. Old school arcade games, eccentric local art, those awesome cardboard building blocks from when you were a kid, but now can drunkenly play with and make inappropriate things out of... They have it all, but in a strange location.
16th street is a bit off the beaten path in TC, but RBB is well worth the trek from downtown.
The beers are plentiful, the staff is knowledgeable and friendly... I was even given a free pint just to try one of the staff members homebrews. He kept telling me I should order it b/c I'd love it, then finally said, "Hey, just take this, I know you'll enjoy". (P.S.- He was right)
The food ranges from typical taproom fare to the amazing waffle-sandwiches they make with pretty much whatever you want on them. If they have the foodstuffs as an option, you can customize your waffles and get it made.
08-26-2013 04:26:22 | More by TCmichigan
3.83/5 rDev -3%
vibe: 2 | quality: 4.25 | service: 4 | selection: 4 | $$$
Visited Right Brain as my last brewery trip of a beer filled weekend in T.C. I think that beer at Right Brain is very good; however, the brewery itself has an identity crisis. It has a hodgepodge of tables, decor, and games (there are creepy mannequin's lining the walls, as well as an elephant with wings hanging from the ceiling and a starship battle cruiser model). It was very weird and slightly uncomfortable.
The beer was fantastic, albeit a little overpriced. We had the Strawberry Fields and Spiny Norman (a Strawberry Blonde and a Simcoe IPA). I thought the Strawberry Fields was a slightly better version of Short's Strawberry Short's Cake (less sweet due to the lack of milk sugar, still full of strawberry flavor) and the Norman was just a solid drinkable IPA. The prices were a bit high for my taste ($5.25 for a standard pint and an outrageous $15 for 6 samples), but if you go there during happy hour it is much more reasonable ($3.50 per pint).
We didn't have food, and the service was fine. I would recommend Right Brain's beer, but the atmosphere left something to be desired.
08-07-2013 20:56:13 | More by jt31914
3.96/5 rDev +0.3%
vibe: 4.25 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 3.75 | $$
Right Brain is a bit off the wall, but that's part of what makes them unique. Visited the new brewpub recently. There are several bench-style and bar-style table tops, with surrounding chairs that are a hodge-podge of anything they find - old dentist chair (check), hospital chair (check), ugly chair probably found on the side of the road (check). There is a TIE fighter hanging from the ceiling, and some of the tables are game tables where you can play Donkey Kong while enjoying your beer. Lots of games on the walls to play. And if you're feeling like a voyeur, you can watch some people getting their hair done at the neighboring salon. Unique for sure, and I really liked it.
Beers were very good. They even had a beer made with asparagus that I got just for the novelty of trying it. My fiancee groaned when I ordered it. We both like asparagus and both of us found this to be surprisingly delicious.
If you're in TC and a fan of unique beers, I'd definitely recommend stopping by.
06-21-2013 02:37:11 | More by HarmonMW
4.25/5 rDev +7.6%
vibe: 4 | quality: 4.5 | service: 4 | selection: 5 | food: 2.5 | $$
Atmosphere - Right Brain gutted a what looks like a warehouse and turned it into a beer mecca for NW Michigan. The walls are covered with lots of local art for sale and the place is family-friendly during the day. You can always find local musicians in there too.
Quality - Damn fine beer. That's all I have to say about that.
Service - I haven't had a complaint yet.
Selection - I haven't counted the beers available there, but there are always great selections available. There is always something new to try. Personally, I love Igor Takes a Digger.
Food - Almost non-existent, except for the typical bar snacks and pre-packaged sandwiches. Roaming Harvest, a great locally-sourced organic food truck does frequent Right Brain though, so that bumps the score up a bit. I did go to a beer dinner there before and had a great time. Right Brain teamed up with Roaming Harvest and put on a great evening for those lucky enough to score one of the limited seats.
Value - There is always a cheap pint available and nothing costs more than $6 or so last time I was in there, and that is for the premium pours.
Overall Right Brain is a great place with some great people making it happen. Next time you're in town make sure you stop by!
05-27-2013 03:22:23 | More by redleg64
4.19/5 rDev +6.1%
vibe: 4 | quality: 5 | service: 3.5 | selection: 4 | $$
This review is for the Garland St location. I guess they just moved to a new location last week (Sep 2012).
In my opinion RBB has the best beer in Michigan. By all means it is a micro brewery. As far as I know they do not sell beer outside their pub. They brew beer for quality, not quantity, and it shows.
The setting was kind of weird. It is attached to a hair salon by two way mirrors. So basically you can sit in the bar and watch people get their hair done, but they can not see you threw the mirror. I thought that was super weird and somewhat creepy, but cool.
No food besides snacks are served, they have growlers of beer to go. They also sell some of their t shirts and stickers.
Overall, great beer, average service, and a weird environment. Definitely the best brewery in TC, if not the nest in Michigan.
09-08-2012 20:27:10 | More by theecaleb
4.01/5 rDev +1.5%
vibe: 3 | quality: 4 | service: 4 | selection: 4.5 | $$$
I heard that people that have TomTom or some other navigation devices have a hard time finding this place. Using Google maps on my smart phone brought me right to the front door. The location and building is nowhere near what you expect for a brewpub. In a commercial area in pretty much an alley. Right Brain shares a building with several tennants, one being a hair dresser that you can look upon via the windows. So if your wife wants to get her hair done, go with her, you are all set to drink some beer. All orders are done at the bar. I ordered a sampler with 6(?) choices. All the beer was good but nothing really grabbed me. My favorite was Dead Kettle while Bone Crusher was my least favorite. Beer from straight forward to out in left field. They had a smoked porter made with smoked pig bones but I did not try it. Sounds interesting though. The bartender was sure to tell me it recently won a reward. They do not do food besides bar snacks. I thought it was a bit expensive. If I remember correctly, it was $15 for the sampler.
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Cheeseburger Soup Recipe
- 1/2 pound ground beef
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 3/4 cup shredded carrots
- 3/4 cup diced celery
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley flakes
- 4 tablespoons butter, divided
- 3 cups chicken broth
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This was delicious! I did make a few changes. I used 1/2 lb. ground beef, 1/2 pound ground Italian sausage, and I also threw in 1/2 jar of real bacon bits. I used 3 cups of NY sharp cheddar instead of Velveeta. I also used garden vegetable broth instead of chicken broth since someone I was cooking for is allergic to chicken. Very flavorful. Will definitely make again!
This is one of our favorites. I use beef stock instead of chicken for a meatier flavor, but other than that, no real changes!! And as a bonus, it freezes well, so I can make a double batch and freeze it in single serve containers for lunches or quick dinners
Absolutely delicious! The only changes I made is that I didn't add celery (I just don't like celery, so I don't add it to anything.), and I used real shredded cheddar cheese instead of the processed stuff which is much better. It probably also made a difference that my broth was homemade. Yummy!
What a great soup. Printing up copies for friends. Make it per recipe and tweek to your taste. Easy to work with.
MMMMGood!!! I did add an extra 1/2 lb. hamburger. I didn't even try it with the sour cream, because it was so" GOOD" already. Also, it just get's tastier as leftovers! Thank you for a very tasty soup during this very long, very cold winter!
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Drake's Drakonic Imperial Stout - Drake's Brewing Co.
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3.96/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Poured on tap.
A: very dark with about 3 fingers of brown head, looks like the head is from some whipped up chocolate milk.
S: rich chocolate, faint caramel, sweet.
T: moderately sweet, this beer has strong chocolate with burnt caramel to it. The nearly 9% alcohol is non-existent.
M: thick and rich. It is not syrupy, but lightly coats the mouth. Despite good sized head, low carbonation in the mouth.
O: I would love to try this barrel aged. I think it has the right flavors and feel to really become a barrel aged dessert beer. Until then, this may become my go to non aged stout.
Serving type: on-tap
03-22-2014 04:31:43 | More by Sumdeus
4.38/5 rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours black with a 1 finger tan head that sits there for a while. medium lacing.
Smell is dark fruits and cocoa, vanilla, brown sugar, beets, coffee, and caramel.
Taste is the same with a sweetness that is welcoming. Figs and raisins come to mind. Then theres coffee and chocolate.
Feel is perfect.
Overall I could drink this all day, I think its better than old raspy.
Serving type: bottle
02-26-2014 06:11:45 | More by BastardKing24
4.1/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Surprisingly De Bierkoning in Amsterdam got a box of these a while back.
From a bomber into a snifter
Columbus hops
APPEARANCE: Clear, dark brown pour yields a 2+ finger, medium looking, creamy tan head with excellent retention. Clear back body with lower levels of carbonation evident. Head slowly fades to a good full cap and coats the sides of the glass. A ring remains leaving some nice dots of lacing down the glass. A touch clear, but great head and lacing.
SMELL: Big nose of roasted grain, milk chocolate, sweet cream and caramel notes. Light vanilla with roasted aromas, milk chocolate, coffee and licorice. Mostly roasted with chocolate and cream. Really nice and plenty forthcoming.
TASTE: Roasted flavors with lots of caramel and milk chocolate sweetness up front. Licorice notes as well, with sweet cream at the swallow. Big and lingering finish of roasted flavors, tobacco, sweet cream, milk chocolate and some bitter black coffee. Flavorful and enjoyable. Solid.
PALATE: Medium-full body with medium carbonation. Plenty creamy smooth on the palate, goes down smooth and finishes a touch drier. Good feel for sure.
OVERALL: Really good stuff, as is their Jolly Rodger barleywine as well. High quality, flavorful and complex without being overly high in alcohol. Something I'd gladly drink on a regular basis if the price were right. If you find this one, give it a shot. Recommended.
Serving type: bottle
02-24-2014 15:33:26 | More by Jeffo
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3.9/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22oz. split 2 ways. A pretty thick appearing black pour, finger of dark tan head. Retains well enough.
Aroma, Roast malt, earthy chocolate. Some lighter anise.
Taste, Solid roast malt and licorice again. Pretty well balanced though and not too bitter. Plenty of dark chocolate. Small coffee and malted milk balls.
Solid medium body, not quite creamy carbonation. Minimal warming presence.
A solid representation.
Serving type: bottle
01-04-2014 04:31:46 | More by Bung
3.63/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Thanks to angrybabboon for sharing the bottle.
Appearance: Pours a nice rich dark brown/black. Small tan head is creamy with decent retention. Small splotches of lacing. Moderate carbonation.
Smell: Loaded with licorice and cocoa. Nice roasted barley coupled with some sweet caramelized malts. A hint of dark fruit with a huge chocolate malt backbone. Breadybwith a touch of alcohol on the back. Some blackberry and old coffee beans. A touch of burnt malt as well. Minimal hopping with a faint herbal/citrus component. Very sweet, but not sugary or overbearing.
Taste: Slightly burnt with cocoa and a ton of bitter baker's chocolate. Deeply roasted with some caramel and chocolate malt. Some milky chocolate and chocolate cake. Hops are light and offer some herbal touches. Slight touches of char and dark fruit. Dark cherry with some blackberry Warming tamps down on some of the sweetness and pushes a bunch more cocoa. Burnt with some char. Oh, and a ton of licorice.
Mouthfeel: Nice and creamy with a medium body and moderate carbonation.
Overall: Pseudomilitant.
A nice imperial stout. A good balance of malt flavors with a good depth. Warming allows it to really show it's depth. I'm going to need a few bottles for aging.
Serving type: bottle
09-14-2013 22:20:34 | More by Goblinmunkey7
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3.9/5 rDev -1.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Consumed 9/14/13
Shout-out to magictacosinus for sending me this beer back in April. Split with Goblinmunkey7.
Appearance: Dark, dark brown, borderline black - pours with a medium sized, light tan head, leaves a few streaks of lacing
Smell: Chocolate, chocolate everywhere - nicely roasty and lightly burnt - an abundance of chocolate malts, dark chocolate, semisweet chocolate - roasty notes impart some nice coffee - not the most complex or intense RIS, but it's really good for what it is
Taste: In a word, mocha - tons of chocolate, in every sense of the word - dark, lightly burnt, dry chocolate malts - dark chocolate, semisweet chocolate, and some milk chocolate - roasty malts and coffee - some caramel and some molasses - some hoppy notes, with some citrus and herbal notes (I'm guessing this would be hoppier if I were drinking it fresh) - alcohol is decidedly not apparent
Mouthfeel: Medium, which is definitely late for the style, with some nice carbonation, very nice, dry finish
Overall: Worthy of the adjective "Drakonic"
This is not the most burly, intense, or complex imperial stout. But it's quite good for what it is. There a ton of chocolate and roasty character. I would be happy to drink this again.
Serving type: bottle
09-14-2013 22:19:27 | More by angrybabboon
4.03/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Drake's Drakonic is a tasty, more traditional RIS. It's a little lighter than some of the competition, with a higher level of carbonation and big chocolate flavors that balance out the roastiness. It's not the most interesting beer in the world, but Drake's seems to favor drinkability in their recipes and this has it in spades.
Serving type: bottle
08-29-2013 05:18:21 | More by shand
3.55/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
A thin head on a pitch black colored body.
The aroma is boozy and burnt wood. Smells like darkness.
The taste is roasted and burnt malt with a good dry"ness" to it. The finish has a tingling of alcohol.
The texture is soft, but thick with low to moderate carbonation.
It's a fine enough imperial stout with a good profile.
Serving type: bottle
06-08-2013 00:02:24 | More by Fatehunter
3.38/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
650 mL bottle poured into a snifter.
Appearance - Pours nearly black. Small off white head. Just a few surface wisps.
Smell - Caramel malt, some roast, not much though. Hops and grain are pretty prevalent.
Taste - Really caramely. The grain and bitterness come through more than the dark malts. Background gives more of that roast. Not a ton though.
Mouthfeel - Medium body. High carbonation. Might be a little too thin.
Overall - Poor beer suffers having been consumed after Bourbon County Coffee. Nothing by comparison.
Serving type: bottle
05-14-2013 02:48:21 | More by Alieniloquium
3.86/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
bomber poured into a sniffer. dark, dark, dark . . . barely lets any light through near the bottom. thick head dies down a bit quicker than i'd like. nose shows a nice hint of molasses. taste is classic stout, with a bit of licorice and molasses. mouth feel is a tad thin for my taste on this style, carbonation is low, but work just right for this style, imo. not boozy, which is nice considering its abv.
Serving type: bottle
04-24-2013 06:47:37 | More by lighthabit
4.13/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
22oz bottle into snifter.
A: Pours black with three fingers of dense mocha colored, fluffy, long lasting head that slowly faded into a thin film leaving rings of lace down the glass.
S: Roasted malt dominates, light coffee, bitter black chocolate, touch of vanilla. Smells good but pretty standard.
T: Follows the nose. Creamy rich chocolate, deep roasted malts, char, bitter black coffee, roasted coconut finish, toasted marshmallow and a bitter aftertaste. Anise is in there with the roast, too.
M: Light booze, fuzzy carbonation, smooth mouth, heavy, viscous full body but not motor oil.
O: A very solid stout. Straight forward, clean, but complex enough to be interesting. Drinks well, nothing too overpowering.
Serving type: bottle
04-04-2013 22:57:12 | More by scottfrie
3.74/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Bomber poured into a snifter. The brew appears black in color with a thin line of lighter brown clarity around the edges when held to the light. A webby lace of tan sticks to the glass.
The smell is roasty with a hint of nutty grain. A light grassy to herbal hop element is also present breaking things up a bit. By no means is this a bold smelling brew, sort of middle of the road and without fault.
The taste is roasty with a hint of nuttiness and bitterness of earthy roast instead of hops. There is a mild character of stale coffee and herbal hop aftertaste that lingers. Not the best tasting imperial stout but not bad either.
This is a medium bodied brew with a modest amount of carbonation. It is pretty fair across the board and without fault. I appreciate the chance to try this brew but it holds nothing memorable about it to warrent me ever wanting to purchase or try it again.
Serving type: bottle
01-30-2013 16:31:55 | More by stakem
2.9/5 rDev -26.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3
Poured from a bomber into a short tumbler.
A: Opaque, dark brown color with over one finger of mocha-tinted foam head. Moderate lacing remains on the glass.
S: Dull ashy malt, herbaceous hops, and carbon dioxide account for an understated and clean smell. No alcohol is detected.
T: Begins off-dry, with refined brown malt and aggressive acidity that brings out persistent scorched flavors in the middle. Other qualities associated with the second act include scant medicinal anise and weak, isolated alcohol. The finish retains some pure alcohol influence and also reveals moderate pure bitterness. Some relatively appealing chocolate pudding lingers on the palate.
M: Thin to medium viscosity, acidic on the palate, with brisk carbonation.
D/O: This stout is an unfortunate misfire from a normally-underrated brewery. If given a series of choices regarding desirable qualities it seems to make the wrong choice at every turn. Furthermore, the cleanliness seems too revealing, showing off the blemishes and pock marks.
Serving type: bottle
12-23-2012 20:44:02 | More by beagle75
4.13/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had on tap at Final Gravity Taproom in Roseville, CA
Appearance - Served opaque black with a half finger, cocoa powder colored head. Fair retention. Nice, sticky lacing.
Smell - Aroma is faint, but becomes a tad more prominent as it warms. Mostly subtle notes of chocolate and a touch of heat.
Taste - Flavor hits on loads of sweet chocolate, and lesser notes of dark chocolate. Hits on earth and briefly on faint black liquorice mid-taste, then finishes with a lingering roasted coffee bitterness and a lesser bittersweet chocolate character.
Mouthfeel - Medium in body, with soft carbonation. Smooth and drinkable.
Overall - Big fan of the flavor; love the array of chocolate character this imperial stout presents, then finishes with that nice touch of roastiness on the back end. It was a bit cold to start, so much of the flavor was subdued at first, but all flavor came out in full force once the brew reached closer to room temp. I'd love to see this beer offered in sixers, otherwise the bomber may be a once or twice a year purchase.
Serving type: on-tap
12-16-2012 22:38:11 | More by TheSixthRing
3.45/5 rDev -12.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a bomber into a snifter glass.
A: Pours a dark black color with little to no head to speak of. The little bit of head after sloshing around a bit is a caramel color. Very thin.
S: Getting a boozy, chocolate, coffee aroma. Not over powering, but solid and standard for the style.
T: Hides the alcohol very well. Getting chocolate, along with some vanilla. Slight creamy-ness as well.
M: Surprised by this, find it to be very thin for an Imperial Stout. Has the mouthfeel on a normal stout or porter.
O: Overall pretty solid offering without standing out. Doesn't do anything great, but hits about what you'd expect. Solid, but for the price point I think better RIS are out there. Worth a shot to give a try though. Would love to find it on tap.
Serving type: bottle
11-20-2012 04:42:27 | More by CommanderOfAwesome
3.95/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Had this on tap as a guest beer at 21st Admendment in San Fransico. Poured a semi-thick, syrupy black and brown hues with a big, lumpy tan head that left a simple ring of lace on the snifter.
Aroma of coffee beans, some bittersweet chocolate, a hint of raisins and smoky caramel note emanate up from the glass. Flavor had a rich, dominant chocolate note that was tempered with a some solid coffee bittering and just a tinge of smoky peat.
Mouthfeel was a bit too thin for style but overall is had excellent progressions of flavors and was really a joy to feel, especially as it warmed a bit.
Drinkability was really solid. Relatively high ABV was hidden by all the delicious flavors and really produced a well-rounded, very approachable RIS. Nothing to scare anyone away here just a solid example of style.
Serving type: on-tap
10-14-2012 04:16:15 | More by ExtraStout
3.53/5 rDev -10.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Bomber into Founders snifter. Served at cellar temp.
I think I got this from sideswipe a long time ago... Just getting around to it.
Gave myself a pour and after a quick smell/taste/look, the rest went into my chilli pot.
Looks thin.
Feels thin.
Smells surprisingly boozy for the relatively low ABV...
Lots of chocolate and roasty malt notes. No hops. Very little bitterness. The malt profile (and body!) remind me of Sierra Nevada Porter?!
The profile is missing something. I don't know exactly what-- I just know that I find this to be pretty mediocre.
Big chalky feel-- especially on the finish. Little boozy heat.
Overall-- meh. It isn't bad, but it it isn't very good either. Hopefully it works better in my chilli than in my glass.
Serving type: bottle
10-06-2012 22:01:18 | More by AleWatcher
4.08/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
1549th Review on BA
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@Drakes Brewing, San Leandro, CA
App- A highly thick and dense stout with a good head behind it. The edges retain a bit of browns and lightness. The beer is very dense as mentioned and doesn't show any light through. A good amount of cling and lace down the sides.
Smell- This was a straightforward stout and didnt pull any punches. Big and creamy on the nose with a lot of chocolate and malts. The columbus hops did add a nice layer on the nose and didnt overpower.
Taste- This was a nice stout. Like the nose it was creamy and rich and then it added in the malts and kept the chocolate levels very high. Just needs another layer to it to make it really pop.
Mouth- A big medium dense body with good rich malts and chocolate on the finish. The carbonation is spot on as well. Residual chocolate makes this like a chocolate dessert. Very decedant and smooth.
Drink- Very nice beer. I will have to pick up some bottles.
Serving type: on-tap
10-06-2012 19:20:08 | More by FosterJM
4.15/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Reviewing the Drakonic Imperial Stout from Drake's Brewing Company out of California.
Score: 92
Unknown bottle date. Served in a wine chalice and enjoyed on 08/18/12. Thank you Jeff for sharing this bottle at our tasting.
Appearance: Jet black with one finger of khaki head at pour that settles to a ring around the glass. Absolutely amazing lacing and retention. Gorgeous looking imperial stout. 5/5
Smell: Coffee, cocoa, roasted malt and a light amount of vanilla with an underlying aroma of brown sugar. A little dark fruit too. The aroma elements are extremely well incorporated. 4.5/5
Taste: Less balanced and incorporated than the aroma. Cocoa and coffee primarily. Less burnt roast flavor than the nose led on. Smooth malt backbone. No booziness whatsoever. 4/5
Mouthfeel: Medium bodied, low carbonation. Creamy, malty mouthfeel. 4/5
Overall: Really solid imperial stout here. I had never heard of this beer or the brewery before my friend Jeff brought a bottle of this over to a tasting, but I will be seeking it out again sometime in the future for sure.
Recommendation: Seek a bottle of this out. I feel like it would make a great starter imperial stout for casual drinkers.
Pairings: Steak.
Cost: $12 for a 22 oz bottle.
Serving type: bottle
08-21-2012 19:34:32 | More by jegross2
3.98/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks to dfernandez77 for this bottle, the last survivor of a brown box that arrived via our friends at FedEx. 22 oz. bomber split with my wife to celebrate her giving her two-week notice to a grumpyfuckwadofaboss. Yippee!
Pour is black as the banner of Mordor. Smell is lovely rich malts, big chocolate, smaller shot of coffee.
Drakonic is a solid, middle-o-the-road imperial stout. All the requisite ingredients are accounted for in the roll call: big, dark, sweet malts, some coffee. The heavy chocolate is a nice touch & along with the nice hop doping gives it a goose right at the end. I take it back. More like edge of the ditch. Good one. No water. Maybe blueberries. Roast really amps up once the beer warms.
Sehr gut bier. Enough nice perks to retain my interest & goes down easy.
Serving type: bottle
07-20-2012 03:14:21 | More by maximum12
3.98/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Pours a very dark brown. Nearly no light passes, even when held up to the sun. A narrow, but rich mocha colored head appears. The head fades almost as quickly as it forms. The nose is nice--chocolate liquer with spent coffee grounds that emerge from time to time. I like the thick, creaminess, but the scrubbiness on the back of the tongue disrupts the smoothness of the mouthfeel just a little too much. Large flavors of chocolate liquer and notes of a mildly sour wood. The beer finishes quite dry, almost with a coffee acidity. It's a big ole imperial, but not a stupendous effort. Drake's has better offerings.
Serving type: bottle
06-25-2012 01:09:08 | More by DocJitsu
3.93/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks to schwartzoid for this one. Never sampled anything from Drake's so I'm excited to see what they're all about. Poured from 22oz bomber to snifter:
Pours big and black with an edge of clarity, not much. A medium brown finger of head sinks to a collar after a minute or two... fantastic lacing.
Nose is pretty basic - fudge and lots of it, chocolate chip cookies, creamy sweetness, no real bite to it which makes for a nice change-up.
The taste isn't what I was anticipating. I was thinking cavity inducer, but this isn't that at all. There are a few of those dessert notes but there are also bitter bits and smoky undertones. More balance than the nose would suggest.
Pretty damn good.
Serving type: bottle
06-21-2012 04:27:40 | More by yamar68
New Jersey
3.88/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
22 oz bottle courtesy of FunkyMacGrovin. It was allowed to warm before being poured into my Brooklyn Brewery tulip.
Drake's Drakonic Imperial Stout pours a solid black, with maybe three fingers of mocha foam. Head retention is decent, and the lacing falls a bit on the spotty side. The nose has a fair amount of anise, with dark chocolate providing support. As usual for me, I wish the relative intensities of the two aromas were switched. There's a good bit more balance between black licorice and chocolate. A nice roasty coffee note comes in on the back end to provide a nice finish. The body has a little bit of creaminess to it, and is firm. It's not as luscious as some of its bigger, more "imperial" brethren, but it works for this beer. The carbonation is appropriately subdued, not pulling the spotlight away from the malt. Drakonic Imperial Stout isn't one of my favorite Russian Imperial Stouts, but it's a very solid offering. And, according the the $6.99 sticker price on mine, it's a great value buy for California BAs.
Serving type: bottle
05-21-2012 05:15:12 | More by axeman9182
4.33/5 rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Drake drakonic imperial stout
A- roasted chocoalte malt, brown sugar, an earthy coffee flavor, a peaty smell. A malty goodness coming from this. 4
S- pour produces a 1-1/2 finger dark mocha head resting atop a jet black body. Decent retention. Nice lacing 4
T- from the second it hit my lips I knew it was good. Dark chocolate and espresso upfront but not overdone and actually refreshing. There are hints of milk chocoalte, mollasses, slight bitter hop taste, and and earthy tone. Very well done 4.5
M- very good mouthfeel. Good viscotity, creamy, and good carbonation. 4
O- honestly I came into this beer with slightly low expectations as nothing ive ever had from drakes (albeit only a few of them) has ever impressed me. This definitely wowed me and I will be buying it again. A excellent imperial stout. This barrel aged would probably be orgasmic 4.5
Serving type: bottle
05-18-2012 06:00:23 | More by t420o
4.45/5 rDev +12.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
This pours a midnight black with a thin, tight layer of foam. The aroma is that of roasty coffee with some toffee and dark chocolate notes rounding it out. The Drakonic has a big roasty flavor, with some dark chocolate and espresso. There's an evident bittering to it and a sharp flavor which brings everything in focus. I enjoyed the dark mushroom nuances which emerged gradually as it warmed. Delicious. I just wish it had a fuller body to develop and hold up to the strong flavors.
Serving type: bottle
05-03-2012 21:26:51 | More by elNopalero
Drake's Drakonic Imperial Stout from Drake's Brewing Co.
88 out of 100 based on 361 ratings.


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